The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-28
DE DDEEMM00GRAATSATSARAT0GA
THE CONVENTION MEETS AND BE-
GINS ITS WORK.

MenttOn or Hill ana CleVe-
land Evokes Applause - The Com
mittee on Credentials Busy with
Contests.
SARATOGA, Sept. 27.--The day opened
cool and foggy, but with promise of sun and
warmth later. The summer visitors have
all fled and the Democracy literally had
possession of the town. There was scarcely
| a lady to be seen on the street. The hotels
| on the east side of Main street are all closed
and the street therefore divided the COM
| paratively deserted village on one side from
a joyous, rollicking, active community on
the other The hotel accommodations are
somewhat limited and there was every evil
dence in the faces of hundreds of persons
this morning that they had been strangers to
beds for one night at least, and there
was not wanting a look of pale exhaustion,
and anxiety borne of weary hours of mid
| night discussions over contested seats and
| earnest efforts to settle family quarrels
without an appeal to the convention. At
| 1890 O'Clock this morning, delegations from
| Troy, Albany and other near at hand
| places came marching through the town
| with escorts, and headed by splendid
bands.
MEETING OF THE CONVENTION,
The convention met in the Casino Rink
| at 1910 O'clock. The convention band,
| which is from Troy, struck up Hail to the
| Chief, ;" in honor of ex-Mayor Murphy, of
| that city, whose advent seemed to be the
signal for the meeting of the convention. The
| hall Immediately filled up, and every avail
| able seat was taken at once.
The New York and Brooklyn delegates sat
| to the extreme front and in the centre, with
the country delegates behind and at the
sides.
At 1912 o'clock the gavel fell, and D.
| Cady Herrick, in the absence of G. c. B.
| Walker, who was detained by illness, called
| the convention to order, and nominated
| Hon. George Raines, ex-senator from the
Rochester district, for temporary chairman.
| The motion was carried unanimously, and
Judge Miller and ex Mayor Edward Cooper,
of New York, were appointed a committee
to conduct Mr.. Raines to the chair. He was
received with applause, and when it sub
| sided addressed the convention.
HILL AND CLEVELAND.
Mr.. Raines' illusions to Gov Hill and
President Cleveland were greeted with
applause Somebody called for three cheers
for Gov. Hill, but they were not given. His
condemnation of foreign proprietorship of
land and an allusion to Gen. Grant were
also applauded In regard to the national
admin Ftration, the Chairman said:
The peneral movement of the Federal admin
| istration has been along the lines of the larger
| interests committed to its charge, and the re-
suits shown by large economies, by the assertion
of public rights and the investigation and pun
| ishment of public wrongs, justify popular
appreciation of its wise purpose. If the
Federal administration has been slow
to defend itself against the battling treachery
| of its servants of Republican featy, and has
permitted any change in the civil servive to
| come by development under its observation of
| rascality or inetticiency among the Republican
| officials, yet there has not failed to be present
everywhere a loyal purpose to find its new
| agencies among capable and true men of its
own party.
PRUDENT CAUTION.
| It has moved with prudent caution in these
| matters of subordinate moment to the fortunes
| of our party and welfare of the people, while
| the gTaveT concerns of public administration
have been vigorously adjusted to the standards
| furnished by Democratic doctrine. With the
| establishment of the confidence of the people in
| the stability of the system of finance
favored by the Democratic party and worked
| out by its administration there has grown apace
| desire to continue the methods of the Democ-
racy to their full eXemplification in the conduct
of the government. We look upon general re-
| vival of trade and increase of factories in all
| parts of the country, upon restored commercial
confidence between the sections recently distrUst-
| full upon the enthusiastic greetings of Northern
| thrift and enterprise among Southern communi-
ties, and the widespread good feeling with
which the soldier and citizen grasp hands above
| the embers of the strifeS of quarter of a CEN
tury ago as a signal justification of the return to
| power of the great party whose appeal is for
| union of hearts and union Of hands in the up
| building of our common country.
! PRELIMINARY BUSINESS
The temporary officers were then ap-
pointed.
! adopted as far as practicable as the rule of
the convention.
4 A. III.
| referred to the Committee on Credentials
| The calling of the roll was then began. The
names of men prominent in the party were
| loudly cheered as they were reached. The
| roll call developed many contested seats
| The Committees on Resolutions, Creden-
tials and Permanent Organization, were
| then announced.
| At this point dispatch from the Asso-
| ciated Press was read, announcing the fact
that the Volunteer was ahead of the This
tie in the yacht race and gaining every mo-
| ment IL was greeted with great applause,
| the convention rising and giving three
| hearty cheers.
The convention then took recess until s
| o'clock this evening.
Saratoga was nearly deserted again this
| afternoon The members of the conven-
| tioa who were not on committees took adj
| vantage of the long recess to visit Saratoga
! lake, Mt. McGregor and other interesting
places in the suburbs.
HARD AT WORK.
The committees, however, were hard at
work, and delegation after delegation APP
peared before them 10 argue pro and con.
! LIQUOR Dealers Prohibitionists and license
men, high and low, made their arguments
| before the Committee on Resolutions, but
| it is stated that this committee has been
ready TO report for hours, and that there
! has been no serious trouble in that quarter
| At S:l5 O'clock tonight not dozen dele
gates were seated The band had disap-
| peared and "A few ladies had lent their pros
| ence to the convention. At 500 o'clock
| Chairman Raines raped the convention to
| order. There were not fifty delegates
| in their places Sheriff Grant, OF New
York, rose and moved that rs the commit
tee on contested seats would not be able to
report until a late hour, that the convention
| take "A recess until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
! Judge Duffy seconded the motion. and it
was carried.
The committee ON contested seats at 4 80
o'clock tonight was still IN session, but II is
| given out that Irving Hall will be allowed
| representation 10 the extent Of one Con-
gressonal district No outsiders are allowed
| TO he present at the committee meeting.
The COMMITTEES on Permanent Organiz.-
tion will report ia favor Of retaining the
Temporary organization, with Mr.. Raines
r.Ia g..H Itaf a.